Are converts to Islam more likely to become extremists?
Source: The Conversation The process of conversion to any religion is best thought of as a journey, and this is how it is often described to others by those who […]
The 712-page Google doc that proves Muslims do condemn terrorism
Source: The Guardian By Arwa Mahdawi It happened in history class. Heraa Hashmi, a 19-year-old American Muslim student at the University of Colorado, was supposed to be discussing the Crusades with […]
The Home of the Future
Source: Time By Karl Vick / Zephyrhills, Fla. Mar 23, 2017 For feeling good while getting around, it’s pretty hard to beat the mild glide of a golf cart. But the […]
Russian storm over Trump’s struggling presidency
Source: CNN The darkening storm over Russia is now looming over President Donald Trump’s innermost circle. The intrigue now threatening to swamp Washington politics deepened on Monday when Trump’s son-in-law and trusted adviser, Jared Kushner, offered to testify to senators about meetings with senior Kremlin officials — including the head […]
Bible and rocks thrown through doors of Colorado mosque
Source: CNN By Azadeh Ansari, CNN Officials with the Islamic Center of Fort Collins said the footage shows a man throwing several large rocks and the Bible into the mosque. […]
Oklahoma lawmaker defends pregnancy from rape and incest as ‘beauty from ashes’
Source: The Washington Post By Kristine Phillips March 25 Oklahoma lawmaker on abortion in rape and incest cases: ‘God can bring beauty out of ashes’ During a floor debate on […]
Like an invisibility cloak, Latina Muslims find the hijab hides their ethnicity — from Latinos
Source: Los Angeles Times Magdalena Al Omari, a Mexican American convert to Islam, slipped on the hijab and braced for whatever may come. It happened a few months later, in […]
A couple is suing Georgia to name their daughter Allah
Source: The Washington Post By Avi Selk March 26 (Superior Court of Fulton County) The baby’s first name posed no issue: ZalyKha. Georgia law could handle that. Her parents had to stack […]
Nearly 100,000 Pounds of Chicken Recalled Amid Fears of Metal Contamination
Source: Time by Mahita Gajanan Mar 26, 2017 OK Food, Inc. has recalled about 933,272 pounds of breaded chicken products out of concern that it is contaminated by metal and other […]
Can resettlement prevent irregular migration?
Source: Aljazeera Accessible resettlement programmes for refugees in Africa can curb irregular immigration to the West and save lives. An Eritrean refugee girl plays with clay in front of her […]
The Arab airlines using Trump’s bans for marketing
Source: Aljazeera Arab airlines are using witty marketing and satire to respond to the recent US and UK ban on carry-on electronic goods on inbound flights from Arab countries. The […]
More Than a Dozen People Injured in Deadly Cincinnati Nightclub Shooting
Source: Time CINCINNATI — Gunfire erupted early Sunday inside a crowded Cincinnati nightclub after a dispute broke out among several men, killing one man and injuring 15 other people, authorities […]
Singapore teen blogger who criticised government wins asylum in US
Source: The Guardian Amos Yee left the city state with the intention of staying in US after being jailed for several weeks in 2015 and 2016 A teenage blogger from […]
Donald Trump: Tax reform next after healthcare failure
Source: BBC US President Donald Trump says he will turn to tax reform, following his failure to get his healthcare bill through Congress on Friday. The draft bill would have […]
Why Researchers Are Concerned This Pesticide May Cause Cancer
Source: Time BY Justin Worland Mar 24, 2017 TIME Health For more, visit TIME Health. A group of environmental health researchers is calling for federal regulators to reassess the safety of […]
GOP Rep Who Left Party Felt ‘Racism and Sexism Coming Into Play’
Source: Time By Samantha Cooney Hawaii State Rep. Beth Fukumoto doesn’t have plans to leave politics anytime soon. On Wednesday, Fukumoto announced that she would resign from the Republican Party […]
The Republican health care plan is dead, handing Trump a stunning legislative defeat
By Emily C. Singer March 24, 2017 The Republican plan to repeal and replace Obamacare is officially dead, after Republicans failed to garner enough support within their party for the legislation, multiple members of Congress told Mic on Friday. The death of the American Health Care Act — the GOP‘s plan to […]
Jewish Center Bomb Threat Suspect Is Arrested in Israel
By ISABEL KERSHNER, ADAM GOLDMAN, ALAN BLINDER and RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA MARCH 23, 2017 The teenager accused of making bomb threats against Jewish community centers hid his face before the start of a court hearing in Israel. His name has not been released. CreditBaz Ratner/Reuters JERUSALEM — A monthslong wave of […]
US healthcare bill: Knife-edge vote looms for ‘Trumpcare’
Source: BBC US President Donald Trump is heading for a too-close-to-call vote on his troubled healthcare bill in the House. Mr Trump would suffer a huge blow if one of […]
All-male White House health bill photo sparks anger
Source: BBC News There is a familiarity about this photo, and it could have been taken in many boardrooms around the world – men gathered around a table making plans […]